In San Diego launched a powerful infrastructure facility that is already considered an important milestone for the energy future of the region. It is about the Peregrine energy storage located in Barrio Logan and owned by Arevon Energy.
This electricity storage system has an installed capacity of 200 megawatts and a total capacity of 400 megawatt-hours. According to experts’ estimates, the facility is capable of supplying up to 200,000 homes with electricity for two hours during periods of the highest load on the network.
The total cost of the project is approximately 276 million euros. It became the fifth large-scale energy storage facility implemented by Arevon Energy within California. Its main function is to store excess electricity generated by solar and wind farms during off-peak hours and feed it back into the grid at times of peak demand, particularly on hot summer evenings.
The technological basis of the storage is lithium-iron-phosphate batteries (LFP), which are characterized by high reliability, resistance to overheating and a long service life. It is these characteristics that ensure the efficient operation of the system in extreme conditions, minimizing the risk of accidents and increasing the flexibility of the energy network.
In addition to the technical effect, the implementation of the project also had socio-economic consequences: more than 90 people got a job during the construction process, and the total tax revenues during the operational period are estimated at about 26 million euros.
Arevon Energy already operates more than 3.2 gigawatts of renewable energy projects in California and continues to expand its footprint by developing hundreds of megawatts of new facilities.
The Peregrine project has become another confirmation that the energy system of the future is a combination of flexible storage technologies, high environmental efficiency and a strategic transition to the full use of renewable sources.
